Post Tagged with: "UAV"
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Drone for Christmas? You might have to register with FAA
One of this season’s most hotly anticipated Christmas gifts — recreational drones — will also come with a big caveat: registering them with the Federal Aviation Administration. “This is not […]
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Quoted: Cuddlier, useful drones — has ‘debate’ shifted?
“What’s happened when I go out and talk to the public, instead of getting a question about privacy or killer drones, I get the, ‘When is the package coming? When […]
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Google, Amazon, Walmart, GoPro join drone task force for FAA
Google, Amazon, GoPro, Walmart, Best Buy, and Berkeley drone maker 3DRobotics are helping to draft new rules for registering drones with the federal government. The Federal Aviation Administration announced Thursday […]
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Quoted: Amazon complains about FAA’s slow action on drones
“The (FAA) already has adequate statutory authority. What the FAA needs is impetus, lest the United States fall further behind.” — Paul Misener, Amazon.com’s vice president for global public policy, […]
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Quoted: on the FAA’s upcoming drone rules
“I feel like there’s a colossal mess coming.” — Michael Drobac, executive director of the Small UAV Coalition, on expected upcoming drone regulations. The drone industry had hoped the rules […]
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Robots, drones and self-driving cars, oh my
Quick, what do you think about when someone says “robot”? “It’s a loaded word,” said Steve Cousins at C2SV, or Creative Convergence Silicon Valley, Thursday in San Jose. Cousins, formerly CEO […]
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Regulating drones: lawmaker action in California, Texas
U.S. skies are scheduled to officially open to civilian drones by 2015. This has legislators trying to get ahead of the invasion, which has varied implications. Drone makers tout potential […]
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